How to Use slugger in a Sentence

slugger

noun

• Maybe that will be the swing that gets the Dodgers slugger out of a three-week slump, or maybe not.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2024
• With the score tied between the Cubs and Yankees, the slugger failed to hit the ball not once but twice.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 May 2024
• The Padres slugger already has four home runs in 27 at-bats against Urías.
  — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022
• The union of this slugger and this franchise makes too much sense to sever.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2022
• Chicago Cubs heckling a slugger who was down in the count.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• The New York Yankees slugger is running out of time to hit his 62nd homer.
  — Stephen Hawkins, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2022
• The Twins appear close to getting one of their sluggers back.
  — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 22 July 2024
• In the second game of the day, against Houston, the Hawaiian slugger was hit by a pitch in her first at bat.
  — Ryan Aber, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2022
• Make that two, with the Phillies signing slugger Kyle Schwarber to a four-year deal.
  — USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2022
• There are 26 Hall of Fame first basemen, and sluggers are more common at that spot.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 21 July 2023
• In the bottom of the eighth inning, Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez launched a home run to cut the Rangers’ lead to 5-4.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2023
• Joining the Guardians’ 40-man roster puts the young slugger on the fast track to a Cleveland debut some time in the next year or two.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 8 Dec. 2021
• The slugger also had three hits and a three-run homer Friday night to help New York win the opening game of the series.
  — Kyle Hightower, courant.com, 26 Sep. 2021
• Know this: No front office in its right mind is going to trade for a slugger whose body gave up the ghost 24 months ago.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 5 June 2024
• Dubon’s throw reached the plate well before the slugger got there after Stanton glanced at the toss halfway down the third base line.
  — Larry Fleisher, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
• The 32-year-old slugger’s voice broke ever so slightly.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2023
• The slugger, who had a ninth-inning homer in Saturday’s 2-1 loss to the Rays, flied out to the edge of the warning track in center with two on to end the eighth.
  — Mark Didtler, Hartford Courant, 4 Sep. 2022
• The team’s top slugger, Aaron Judge, hit 62 home runs this season, breaking Roger Maris’ 61-year-old record.
  — cleveland, 11 Oct. 2022
• Counting the ways that the Padres’ signing of aging slugger Nelson Cruz makes sense is easy.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2023
• The slugger who's been criticized for poor defense in the past has been making big plays in left field, too.
  — Kristie Rieken, ajc, 14 Oct. 2022
• The 41-year-old slugger got on base three times, including a walk, and scored twice on Taylor’s homers.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2021
• Now at 36, a reunion would make a good fit for the veteran slugger on a team that reached the World Series last year.
  — USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
• And for the next half hour, all eyes were on the Dodgers executives who have been leading the team’s pursuit of the 32-year-old slugger.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2022
• Greinke, who turned 38 last week, was seen as a slugger who could also pitch for much of his high school career.
  — Buddy Collings, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Oct. 2021
• On the first pitch of that at-bat, however, the slugger rolled over a center-cut sinker from Padres closer Robert Suarez.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
• Yes, the Puerto Rican slugger is a devotee of the new-age art of breathing with a purpose.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2022
• One of those teams is the Mets, who drafted Alonso back in 2016 and have seen the slugger blossom into a four-time All-Star.
  — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 18 July 2024
• Hebbert had the pitch count even at 2-2 before forcing the slugger to swing at an 80 mph pitch that was just outside the strike zone.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
• But the slugger did hit the final homer in the Rangers’ former stadium across the street when the Yankees were the opponent for the last game played there in 2019.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 4 Oct. 2022
• Section 304, in right field, is the most frequent landing spot for home runs by the left-handed slugger.
  — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024